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Appendix 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI | 12 Months Ended
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Appendix 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI |
APPENDIX 1 - Major Subsidiaries of CSI | Appendix 1 Major Subsidiaries of CSI The following table sets forth information concerning CSI’s major subsidiaries:
|  | Place and |  | Attributable |  |
|  | Date |  | Equity |  |
Subsidiary |  | of Incorporation |  | Interest Held |  | Principal Activity
CSI Solartronics (Changshu) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | November 23, 2001 |  |  |  |
CSI Solar Technologies Inc. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of solar products
|  | August 8, 2003 |  |  |  |
CSI New Energy Holding Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Investment holding
|  | January 7, 2005 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Manufacture of solar modules,
|  | February 24, 2006 |  |  |  | ingots and wafers
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Production of solar modules
|  | August 1, 2006 |  |  |  |
CSI Cells Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Manufacture of solar cells
|  | August 23, 2006 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar (USA) Inc. |  | USA |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | June 8, 2007 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Japan K.K. |  | Japan |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | June 21, 2009 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. |  | Canada |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project and manufacture of solar modules
|  | June 22, 2009 |  |  |  |
CSI Solar Power Group Co., Ltd. (formerly named/known as "CSI Solar Power (China) Inc.") |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Investment holding and trading
|  | July 7, 2009 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar EMEA GmbH |  | Germany |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | August 21, 2009 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar (Australia) Pty Limited |  | Australia |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | February 3, 2011 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar International Limited |  | Hong Kong |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | March 25, 2011 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar O and M (Ontario) Inc. |  | Canada |  | 100 | % | Solar farm operating and maintenance service
|  | May 10, 2011 |  |  |  |
Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 99.73 | % | Production of solar module materials
|  | August 17, 2011 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar South East Asia Pte. Ltd. |  | Singapore |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | September 19, 2011 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar South Africa (Pty) Ltd |  | South Africa |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | June 22, 2012 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Brazil Commerce, Import and Export of Solar Panels Ltd. |  | Brazil |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of solar modules, and provide solar energy solution to customer
|  | November 14, 2012 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Construction (USA) LLC |  | USA |  | 100 | % | Solar farm operating and maintenance service
|  | May 20, 2014 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Projects K.K. |  | Japan |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | May 20, 2014 |  |  |  |
CSI&GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yan Cheng) Inc. |  | PRC |  | 80 | % | Research and developing, manufacture and sales of solar cells, and solar power projects development
|  | May 29, 2014 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar UK Ltd. |  | United Kingdom |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | May 29, 2014 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar UK Projects Ltd. |  | United Kingdom |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | August 29,2014 |  |  |  |
Changshu Tegu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | EVA solar packaging film research and development, production, and sales
|  | September 2, 2014 |  |  |  |
Changshu Tlian Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Junction box and connector research, development, production and sales
|  | December 26, 2014 |  |  |  |
Recurrent Energy Group Inc. |  | USA |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | January 22, 2015 |  |  |  |
Recurrent Energy, LLC |  | USA |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  |  |
PT. Canadian Solar Indonesia |  | Indonesia |  | 67 | % | Production of solar modules
|  | February 26, 2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. |  | Vietnam |  | 100 | % | Production of solar modules
|  | June 25, 2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Energy Private Limited |  | India |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | May 06,2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar MSS (Australia) Pty Ltd (formerly named/known as “Canadian Solar Australia 1 Pty Ltd.") |  | Australia |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | August 03,2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Energy Holding Company Limited |  | Hong Kong |  | 100 | % | Project investment, financing, trading of solar modules
|  | September 22, 2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Energy Singapore Pte. Ltd. |  | Singapore |  | 100 | % | Development & Ownership of solar PV projects
|  | October 29, 2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. |  | Thailand |  | 99.99992 | % | Cells and module production
|  | November 20,2015 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Production of solar modules
|  | May 12, 2016 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Baotou) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Production of solar modules, ingots and wafers
|  | August 18, 2016 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Middle East DMCC |  | United Arab Emirates |  | 100 | % | Sales and marketing of modules
|  | March 28, 2017 |  |  |  |
CSI Investment Management (SuZhou) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Investment management & assets management
|  | May 05,2017 |  |  |  |
CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  |  | * | Production of solar cells
|  | May 18, 2017 |  |  |  |
CSI Modules (DaFeng) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  |  | ** | Production of solar modules
|  | May 16, 2017 |  |  |  |
Suzhou Gaochuangte New Energy Development Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 80 | % | Design, engineering construction and management of solar power project
|  | June 12, 2017 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Construction (Australia) Pty Ltd |  | Australia |  | 100 | % | Providing engineering, procurement and construction service
|  | July 04, 2017 |  |  |  |
CSUK Energy Systems Construction and Generation JSC |  | Turkey |  | 100 | % | Construction of power plants generating electricity by utilizing renewable energy sources
|  | October 30, 2017 |  |  |  |
CSI Modules (JiaXing) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Production of solar modules
|  | November 3, 2017 |  |  |  |
CSI Wafer (LuoYang) Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Production of solar cells and wafers
|  | November 27,2017 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing Taiwan Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | Production of solar modules
|  | December 05,2017 |  |  |  |
Canadian Solar Argentina Investment Holding Ltd |  | Argentina |  | 100 | % | Developing solar power project
|  | January 23,2018 |  |  |  |
Changshu Xingu Photovoltaic Material Technology Co., Ltd. |  | PRC |  | 100 | % | EVA solar packaging film research and development, production and sales
|  | March 19,2018 |  |  |  |
* CSI Cells holds 52% equity rights of CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. A limited partnership fund, of which CSI Cells holds 37.33% shares as a limited partner and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSI Solar Power Group Co., Ltd. holds 0.17% shares as a general partner, holds 48% equity rights of CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. ** CSI Changshu Manufacturing holds 3.12% equity rights of CSI Modules (Dafeng) Co., Ltd. A limited partnership fund, of which CSI Changshu Manufacturing holds 20% shares as a limited partner and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSI Solar Power Group Co., Ltd. holds 0.067% shares as a general partner, holds 96.88% equity rights of CSI Modules (Dafeng) Co., Ltd.

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